Comments on: Sad, But Not Surprising: We’re Not a Nation of Readers http://poliblogger.com/?p=12403 A rough draft of my thoughts... Thu, 11 Oct 2024 02:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Captain D. http://poliblogger.com/?p=12403#comment-1364215 Wed, 22 Aug 2024 19:33:33 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12403#comment-1364215 It's also easy to forget that people do a lot of reading for both information and entertainment on the internet now. There is stuff of quality on the internet in both categories. It’s also easy to forget that people do a lot of reading for both information and entertainment on the internet now. There is stuff of quality on the internet in both categories.

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by: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Speaking of Books: An Ideological Divide? http://poliblogger.com/?p=12403#comment-1364204 Wed, 22 Aug 2024 11:47:52 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12403#comment-1364204 [...] Here’s more on the aforementioned book survey, this time looking at partisanship and reading: Book Chief: Conservatives Want Slogans The AP-Ipsos poll found 22 percent of liberals and moderates said they had not read a book within the past year, compared with 34 percent of conservatives. Among those who had read at least one book, liberals typically read nine books in the year, with half reading more than that and half less. Conservatives typically read eight, moderates five. By slightly wider margins, Democrats tended to read more books than Republicans and independents. There were no differences by political party in the percentage of those who said they had not read at least one book. [...] […] Here’s more on the aforementioned book survey, this time looking at partisanship and reading: Book Chief: Conservatives Want Slogans The AP-Ipsos poll found 22 percent of liberals and moderates said they had not read a book within the past year, compared with 34 percent of conservatives. Among those who had read at least one book, liberals typically read nine books in the year, with half reading more than that and half less. Conservatives typically read eight, moderates five. By slightly wider margins, Democrats tended to read more books than Republicans and independents. There were no differences by political party in the percentage of those who said they had not read at least one book. […]

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